The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports that the 100-pound deer may have been stuck for a few days in the 12-foot-deep stone well about 50 yards from Route 9 near Klem's Tractor Supply.

Environmental police considered rescue plans with Spencer firefighters and police before finding that the deer had a badly broken leg, according to The Telegram.

Environmental police Officer Daniel Reeve shot the deer, killing it almost instantly, after officials decided that any extrication attempt would likely have caused further injury, The Telegram reported.

Reeve told The Telegram that putting an animal down is the worst part of the job.

The deer will be butchered and served early next year at a game dinner that benefits a local veterans' charity, according to The Telegram.

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